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Baraka_Guru · 01-25-2009, 08:12 PM

Thanks (merci) for all the advice. I'm going to take it all under consideration.

roachboy, that one tip about Alliance Française is especially appreciated. I didn't know about it until now. And right here in Toronto (Alliance Française de Toronto). For $50/year, I can have access to French-language arts events and a library. Maybe I'll check it out. As far as their lessons go, however, I don't know yet. General courses are $300 for 24 hours (12 sessions). It sounds good, but I'm not sure what I'd want to get from that environment.

They do have conversation classes and "press & coffee" and "press & lunch" sessions for a bit more than that. They even have one called "Maîtrise du discours en public."

All in all, it looks like they offer a bit of everything. Maybe I should pay them a visit and get a tour. And their main campus is even located a bit north of a subway station in the area where I work. That's kinda convenient.

EDIT: I'm going to start with a handful of news/current-events podcasts (shows) from CBC Radio-Canada (That's: /rad'jo/, not /ray'dee'oe/). Mainly because they're easy to grab, and I have an iPod...and a 1-hour commute each day. I'll try to read some of the websites for those news sources you've given me over my lunch breaks.

01-25-2009, 08:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Thanks (merci) for all the advice. I'm going to take it all under consideration. roachboy, that one tip about Alliance Française is especially appreciated. I didn't know about it until now. And right here in Toronto (Alliance Française de Toronto). For $50/year, I can have access to French-language arts events and a library. Maybe I'll check it out. As far as their lessons go, however, I don't know yet. General courses are $300 for 24 hours (12 sessions). It sounds good, but I'm not sure what I'd want to get from that environment. They do have conversation classes and "press & coffee" and "press & lunch" sessions for a bit more than that. They even have one called "Maîtrise du discours en public." All in all, it looks like they offer a bit of everything. Maybe I should pay them a visit and get a tour. And their main campus is even located a bit north of a subway station in the area where I work. That's kinda convenient. EDIT: I'm going to start with a handful of news/current-events podcasts (shows) from CBC Radio-Canada (That's: /rad'jo/, not /ray'dee'oe/). Mainly because they're easy to grab, and I have an iPod...and a 1-hour commute each day. I'll try to read some of the websites for those news sources you've given me over my lunch breaks. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 01-25-2009 at 08:39 PM..